Projected Lineups for the Hurricanes vs Senators – 4/17/25

The Carolina Hurricanes take on the Ottawa Senators at the Canadian Tire Centre tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

HURRICANES (47-29-5) at SENATORS (44-30-7)

7 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN5, FDSNSO

Hurricanes projected lineup

Seth Jarvis — Sebastian Aho — Jackson Blake
Andrei Svechnikov — Jesperi Kotkaniemi — Taylor Hall
Jordan Martinook — Jordan Staal — Logan Stankoven
Mark Jankowski — Jack Roslovic — Eric Robinson

Jaccob Slavin — Brent Burns
Dmitry Orlov — Jalen Chatfield
Shayne Gostisbehere — Sean Walker

Frederik Andersen
Pyotr Kochetkov

Scratched: Tyson Jost, Bradley Nadeau, Scott Morrow, Riley Stillman, Domenick Fensore, Skyler Brind’Amour, William Carrier

Injured: None

Injured: Andrew Copp (upper body), Erik Gustafsson (undisclosed), Petr Mrazek (upper body), Elmer Soderblom (undisclosed)

Status report:

The Hurricanes did not hold a morning skate following a 4-2 loss at the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday. … Andersen could start after Kochetkov made 18 saves Wednesday. 

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Senators projected lineup

Brady Tkachuk — Tim Stutzle — Claude Giroux
David Perron — Dylan Cozens — Drake Batherson
Ridly Greig — Shane Pinto — Michael Amadio
Nick Cousins — Adam Gaudette — Fabian Zetterlund

Jake Sanderson — Nick Jensen
Thomas Chabot — Artem Zub
Tyler Kleven — Nikolas Matinpalo

Linus Ullmark
Anton Forsberg

Scratched: Dennis Gilbert, Travis Hamonic, Matthew Highmore

Injured: Hayden Hodgson (lower body)

Status Report:

Tkachuk, a forward, will return after missing eight games with an upper-body injury.

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